Economical 4x4's post up your L / 100Km

[Bingham]

06 3 L auto,

without roof rack at very best 13 prob 15 as i have a heavy foot then with roofrack commonly 16 or 17 then onto 18 19 with roof top camper and plenty of right foot!!!!!


3L ecconomy my ass

[Burdy]

06 3 L auto,

without roof rack at very best 13 prob 15 as i have a heavy foot then with roofrack commonly 16 or 17 then onto 18 19 with roof top camper and plenty of right foot!!!!!


3L ecconomy my ass

i reakon its just the driver not his right foot

[Bingham]

06 3 L auto,

without roof rack at very best 13 prob 15 as i have a heavy foot then with roofrack commonly 16 or 17 then onto 18 19 with roof top camper and plenty of right foot!!!!!


3L ecconomy my ass

i reakon its just the driver not his right foot

tis tru but i figure the auto knows when best to change gears... not my fault it loves 4500rpm.... not my fault!!! thirsty bitch of a thing!

[short stuff]

ive got a 93 pajero if i stay dead on 100kmh i get around 15L/100 but at 110 drinks it real bad, my motor has just been rebuilt and recoed injectors

[dumbdunce]

1996 HDJ80 manual, f/r bars, sliders, winch, 315/75-16 tyres 4" suspension, 2.5" mandrel bent exhaust, 15psi peak boost, 675C peak EGT pre turbo.

commuting to work etc 11.5l/100km (25km one-way, about half highway)

highway/freeway trips around 12l - 12.5/100km.

back country trips where speeds are sustained around/under 100km/h it has delivered marginally sub 10l/100km on several occasions.

[+dj_hansen+]

96 HDJ80 with FMIC, 3" Exhaust, f/r bars, winch, side steps/rails, 3" lift and 285/75/16, around town normally at 12/100, simpson desert trip averaged about 15, towing 2t of race car to Mafeking Rover Park 16/100.

[mmaaxx]

07 Hilux 4x4...3 litre diesel.....4 speed auto. 33's...arb barwork all awound...3" lift.....exhaust....

get 11 per 100km around town.....im rapt!

[rr215]

89 Range Rover, 3.5, Auto

Straight gas, upgraded ignition, headers

Best 17 L/100 km (Gas @ $.419 cpl = $7.12/100 km) - Highway driving (Melbourne - Phillip Island)

Worst 27 L/100 km (Gas @ $.419 cpl = $11.31/100 km) - Been silly round town, little off road work

Average 21-24 L/100 km (Gas @ $.419 cpl = $8.79-10.05/100 km) - Normal city driving

[its aford not a nissan]

93 diesel maveric , 33 inch bighorns , 3 inch lift , turboglide turbo , top mount intercooler and pump wound up as far as it can go , loaded up with heaps of crap and beer , my odometer reads under by 10% going by the roadside markers along some hwys , i filled up yesterday morning in brisbane , pulled up at a servo north of gympie , odometer read 186 klms , works out to be about 204 klms travelled , i could only squeeze in 20 .12 ltrs and was overflowing a bit , think that works out to be 9.86 ltrs/ 100 klms was pretty much all hwy travell sitting just under the speed limit , around town as a shopping trolley it blows out to around 15 ltrs/ 100 klms

[Sammyboy]

1990 Mitsubishi Pajero NG, 2.5 TD intercooled- upgraded fuel pump, 12psi turbo boost, 2.5" exhaust, 31" AT tyres: Best- 8.6L/100km, worst- 11.8L/100km, last weekend driving to Mt Buffalo- 9.3L/100km

1985 Holden Drover, 1.3 carby, extractors, 2"exhaust, 235/75 MTR's: Best- 8.2L/100km, worst- 14.5L/100km!!!!!

[KiwiBacon]

Does my work car count? it's 4wd.

Diesel manual nissan wingroad. No turbo and 55kw of pure adrenaline.
Average 6.5 L/100km, best 6 L/100km, worst 7L/100km.

[CRU53R]

Hundred series, 4500 6 cyl auto, plenty of gear bolted on, driven hard, off road 29 litres per 100km, and proud of it !

[12ht]

1996 HDJ80 manual, f/r bars, sliders, winch, 315/75-16 tyres 4" suspension, 2.5" mandrel bent exhaust, 15psi peak boost, 675C peak EGT pre turbo.

commuting to work etc 11.5l/100km (25km one-way, about half highway)

highway/freeway trips around 12l - 12.5/100km.

back country trips where speeds are sustained around/under 100km/h it has delivered marginally sub 10l/100km on several occasions.

F thats ok, but at them egts it wont last.

[dumbdunce]

1996 HDJ80 manual, f/r bars, sliders, winch, 315/75-16 tyres 4" suspension, 2.5" mandrel bent exhaust, 15psi peak boost, 675C peak EGT pre turbo.

commuting to work etc 11.5l/100km (25km one-way, about half highway)

highway/freeway trips around 12l - 12.5/100km.

back country trips where speeds are sustained around/under 100km/h it has delivered marginally sub 10l/100km on several occasions.

F thats ok, but at them egts it wont last.

hmm, you're right, it's only got around 300,000km on it now.

sub 700C is conservative for a pre turbo EGT, on an engine designed for forced induction. it will only hit that during the day, flat stick up mooney mooney at 130km/h, it's not like that's an every day temperature. to achieve sub 10l/100km the EGTs would never get much above 450C.

[dumbdunce]

Does my work car count? it's 4wd.

Diesel manual nissan wingroad. No turbo and 55kw of pure adrenaline.
Average 6.5 L/100km, best 6 L/100km, worst 7L/100km.

that's pretty good. except for the 55 kW bit. my brand new hyundai i30 1600 turbo (85kW?) averages about 6, but it does mostly 5km trips to the shops. has done 4.5 over a 300km trip. but it's not a 4WD.

not too many years ago I had a datsun 200B (810 to you?) with twin SUs and all 6 sylinder drivetrain which would regularly deliver mid 6l/100km on the highway. more like 9 - 10 around town though. it was good for an oldskool petrol 4 banger. but once again not a 4WD.

[jakam04]

Just filled up my recent edition to the Garage GU6 3.0TD. Am currently getting milage of 12.4l per 100kms. Not too bad, but am hoping that the info people are telling me is correct...

A few people seem to thinkt that an engine is thirstier when its bedding in etc, and should be more economical afterwards. Im not expecting awesome improvement over 12.4l/km but would be nice to be in the 11s somewhere lol.

Jarrod

[built4thrashing]

2008 Grand vitara 2.4ltr manual.

Around town its 11ltrs per 100kms
Hwy use gets low 8ltr per 100kms

hasnt had a decent hwy tripyet. been to Mt Baw Baw but alot of that was on twisty 3rd gear up hill roads. even that still managed 9.8ltr per 100kms.


B4T

[75 cruser]

just done a trip to melbourne and back to sydney in the 75 with a v8 and was getting 20l per 100klms , just love the cubic inches

rob

[KiwiBacon]

Does my work car count? it's 4wd.

Diesel manual nissan wingroad. No turbo and 55kw of pure adrenaline.
Average 6.5 L/100km, best 6 L/100km, worst 7L/100km.

that's pretty good. except for the 55 kW bit. my brand new hyundai i30 1600 turbo (85kW?) averages about 6, but it does mostly 5km trips to the shops. has done 4.5 over a 300km trip. but it's not a 4WD.

not too many years ago I had a datsun 200B (810 to you?) with twin SUs and all 6 sylinder drivetrain which would regularly deliver mid 6l/100km on the highway. more like 9 - 10 around town though. it was good for an oldskool petrol 4 banger. but once again not a 4WD.

Very nice cars those i30 diesels. I've test-driven one and when the time comes to shoot the petrol shopping trolley, that'll probably be the replacement (or a golf diesel if I've saved enough pennies). Some i30 owners report as low as 3L/100km if they really baby them on the open road.

Ah, the fuel economy obtained back when cars were light and simple. I don't remember a 200B sold here, but 120Y's and 180B's were everywhere.

[dumbdunce]

Does my work car count? it's 4wd.

Diesel manual nissan wingroad. No turbo and 55kw of pure adrenaline.
Average 6.5 L/100km, best 6 L/100km, worst 7L/100km.

that's pretty good. except for the 55 kW bit. my brand new hyundai i30 1600 turbo (85kW?) averages about 6, but it does mostly 5km trips to the shops. has done 4.5 over a 300km trip. but it's not a 4WD.

not too many years ago I had a datsun 200B (810 to you?) with twin SUs and all 6 sylinder drivetrain which would regularly deliver mid 6l/100km on the highway. more like 9 - 10 around town though. it was good for an oldskool petrol 4 banger. but once again not a 4WD.

Very nice cars those i30 diesels. I've test-driven one and when the time comes to shoot the petrol shopping trolley, that'll probably be the replacement (or a golf diesel if I've saved enough pennies). Some i30 owners report as low as 3L/100km if they really baby them on the open road.

Ah, the fuel economy obtained back when cars were light and simple. I don't remember a 200B sold here, but 120Y's and 180B's were everywhere.

200B may have been sold as 180B there? they came as a fully imported 4 door with IRS then in 79 they started making them here with an awful borg warner live rear axle. fully imported coupe was also offered.

so far I have not been that impressed with the i30's economy, has done a 4.7 on a 300km round trip and that was taking it pretty easy. I looked at the golf but could not justify the extra $8k. driving both there really is nothing in it. golf probably retains better resale.

[bazzle]

VW Golf R32 4 motion.

9.3l/100km

Bazzle

[KiwiBacon]

VW Golf R32 4 motion.

9.3l/100km

Bazzle

9.3? Clearly you're not driving it hard enough.

[bubs]

22R powered 94 2WD - > 4wd hilux - 16L/100 around down - 24L/100 towing camper trailer and managed to use 30L for 1 wheeling trip which to the servo and back came to 46km

[brad 93hilux]

LN106 hilux with a turbo'd 5le (fuel injected 3.0Litre) running 4.88's and 32's and 14 psi boost... 15.5L/100kms.... goes up to 17L/100 around town...

Pretty average for a 4 cyl... sits on 3250 rpm at 110kms/h and spedo is close to spot on with my gps.

[chpd80]

TB42 Turbo manual. straight petrol. (premium or else it pings)
22lt / 100km - Highway
25lt / 100km - around town or bush.

Love the power though

[Moph]

1.3L Sierra with extractors and 1.75" exhaust. 235/75R15 MTRs, stock gearing, 2" body lift, performance cupholders.

Economy corrected for speedo inaccuracy is 10.5L/100km city or country running - makes no difference whether I baby it or boot it, so long as I sit in 4th around town and 5th on the highway.

Towing a loaded trailer I can still get 10.5L/100km in the country at 110kph so long as I can sit in 5th. If I have to drop back to 4th it goes up to about 13.5L/100km.

Bit pathetic considering the performance but not too hard on the wallet nonetheless.

[GeeUte]

Maybe a silly question, but how do you calculate your economy if you have larger tyres and have not calibrated your speedo ? For example, my ute came stock with 30's or 31's now it runs 35's.

[slowsurf]

i have a 2.4td hilux surf get around 11L per 100km as long as i dont travel much over 105 km/h around 12-13 around town been far to scared to work it out when towing the boat. it has a 2.5 inch exhaust and a driver that rings its neck all the time around town just to get taken over up hills by every one


Paul

[KiwiBacon]

Maybe a silly question, but how do you calculate your economy if you have larger tyres and have not calibrated your speedo ? For example, my ute came stock with 30's or 31's now it runs 35's.

You need to check the odometer against a known distance. Remember that odometer error and speedo error are not the same.

[ANDREWGQ 351]

not a 4wd but we got our hire car Renault Modus 1.5l diesel 60KW electric everything to average 5.7l/100 over 8000km in europe. That was with an average speed of 130kph. Max speed of 180kph in germany with an instantanious fuel use of 10.7l/100.
Same car in England 100kph speed limit averaged 4.5l/100

great car but ugly